What should i do.

[vj paul]

Hi guys,I had kids bike on trademe for a while but never sold, i got a request to drop the price by $100.00 then they would buy it, so i did, withdrew it from trademe at the request of the buyer.1 week later on a friday they picked it up, get a call from these people on saturday to say the bike is not fast enough, i said he can have his money back end of story every body happy, then he is now saying that there is no spark cant get it going.This guy took the bike going and wants to bring it back not going and wants his money back, Yeah right. What do you guys think Thanks Paul

[fireliv]

That really sucks paul. I would want to see the bike and see if you can figure out what the problem is with it. But really, if you started it when he came to get it, and he had the time to have a look at it first then its not your problem. You did not sell the bike with a granuntee, ure not a shop. If you sold it in good faith then you have nothing to wworry about.
Good luck

[JimO]

Hi guys,I had kids bike on trademe for a while but never sold, i got a request to drop the price by $100.00 then they would buy it, so i did, withdrew it from trademe at the request of the buyer.1 week later on a friday they picked it up, get a call from these people on saturday to say the bike is not fast enough, i said he can have his money back end of story every body happy, then he is now saying that there is no spark cant get it going.This guy took the bike going and wants to bring it back not going and wants his money back, Yeah right. What do you guys think Thanks Paul

buyer beware,,,,,,,,,,,,,,tell them no you have no idea what they have done to the bike since it left you, tell him to sell it himself

[vj paul]

The first thing he said is that it wasnt fast enough this is what his 8 year old son said to him,then the next call i got from him is he said that there is no spark.He welded the muffler while it was on the bike did not disconnect any wiring or anything so i think he has sent some kind of pulse through the bike and cooked it,would that sound right he used a mig welder.

[Vagabond]

The first thing he said is that it wasnt fast enough this is what his 8 year old son said to him,then the next call i got from him is he said that there is no spark.He welded the muffler while it was on the bike did not disconnect any wiring or anything so i think he has sent some kind of pulse through the bike and cooked it,would that sound right he used a mig welder.

Yeah the welding would have cooked the wiring!

[xwhatsit]

Tell him to get fucked if he's been fiddling around with it. Hell, if it was altered in any way -- if he'd changed even the mirrors -- I wouldn't be taking it back at all, let alone if there's a chance he's cooked the wiring. No way, man.

[pritch]

Well that's all a bit of a worry, but it's not your worry. It's his.

[vj paul]

But theres more, he has another one the same so what not saying that he has taken parts of the other one.

[Matt_TG]

Just say no.

[Conquiztador]

Keep the $$'s and walk away. As you withdrew the auction he can not even red rep you.

He has the bike. He has a problem that was not there when he bought it.

And a 8yo telling dad the bike is not fast enuf???

[RC1]

you got your cash he got a working bike then he fucked it up not your prob IMHO

[madmal64]

His bike his problem. A can of worms if you start getting involved.
By the sounds of it he has been mucking (with an f) around with it and doesnt want to let dad know its now toast.

[Tank]

You were nice to start with offering to refund the money. If they were saying it wasn't fast enough they probably have been thrashing it.

But from the sounds of it - there is a good chance that the wiring has been cooked (or more likely the ECU fried if there is one).

I would just tell them that you are unwilling to refund as they are not returning the bike as they sold it to you.

Then simply refuse to get into discussions with them. Their bike, their problem, your cash - tell them you have spent it all on hookers and drugs and dont have any left anyway.

[Winter]

What they said. ^
You were more than reasnable to start with, now they are trying to do you over.

Take youre money, ignore any emails and don't answer their phone calls.

And dont feel bad about it for a second.

[dogsnbikes]

I agree with the rest......keep the money and tell him to piss off

would be different story if the bike was being return in the same working condition as you sold it anything less is unacceptable